hooking
/ˈhʊkɪŋ/noun, verb
hooking is spelled H-O-O-K-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,336th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hooking means “The act of catching or fastening something on a hook” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hooking is hookings.
How many letters and syllables are in hooking?
| Letters | 7: H-O-O-K-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.0 times per million words; the 19,336th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is hooking?
Hooking appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,336th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce hooking?
- /ˈhʊkɪŋ/
Hooking has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-hooking.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of hooking
- hookings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hooking mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of catching or fastening something on a hook.
- 2
The penalized action of using one's stick to restrain an opponent.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of hook
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).